It's not a joke, although the vast majority seem to think it is. Smh. It's done a bang up job of destroying what natural curiosity comes with human nature.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/education-or-indoctrination-the-violent-origins-of-public-school-systems-in-an-era-of-statebuilding/C72BC036898996925583051B4430F1BF#